Designing with Agile

UX design in Agile can be a frustrating experience when teams are more focused on delivery over the quality of the experience. But the thinking underlying major Agile methods such as XP or Scrum can be applied to UX design, too, and Anders is going to show you how.

He'll provide an evocative mental model to illustrate how the Agile game is played. Then, he'll walk through a series of techniques that will both help you understand Agile thinking and apply it in your daily practice.

You'll learn to:

• Play the project game in a different way
• Integrate UI design with user stories
• Replace passive collaboration with active collaboration
• Make UX planning part of the project rhythm

Anders has been practicing User Experience Design for over a decade for clients in the finance and entertainment industries, with such clients as Sony, Viacom, Turner Broadcasting, FOX, CBS, Deutsche Bank, Fidelity, and JP Morgan. He is also highly active in the UX community as an instructor, panelist and speaker, and as founder and organizer of the New York City IA Meetup, which has over 700 members.

Anders's writing background includes contributing to Boxes & Arrows and blogging about all things UX at www.andersramsay.com. Anders currently is a User Experience Design consultant in New York City, guiding organizations and design teams in how to more effectively apply Agile practices in their work.